Young America's Foundation Scores Major Free Speech Victory Over UC Berkeley

“This win for free speech—a blow to radical Antifa mobs—means university facilities will be available to students on a first-come, first-served basis. No longer will the community’s reaction to speech be factored into decisions regarding lecture venues, meaning intolerant leftists cannot use the “heckler’s veto” to determine who is allowed to speak or where they’re permitted to appear."

It’s always great to see free speech win out over the PC snowflake mentality of places like the administration at the University of California Berkeley, the people’s republic of berzerkeky.  These were great results for conservative students and for real free speech.  That Antifa lost its hecklers veto over our speakers on campus was delicious as well.  Now if only we can do that to all internet communication companies.  

It's refreshing to see someone stand up for free speech as opposed to comparing the 1st Amendment to fascism.

This is a satisfying example of our system at work.

Now we are going after internet news and social media sites.  They got immunity from defamation and libel/slander suits from the government in exchange for them not editing and content control censorship of their sites.  Congress is considering stripping them of their immunity due to their reneging on their agreement not to engage in view point censorship.  Then they will have the same standards as print and electronic media.  

So you are against net neutrality and want the government to control content. What could go wrong?

You have no idea what opening Pandora's box is going to do to your favorite sites. 

The descriptive hyperbole you have become so attracted to and repetitive of will become a liability for right wing sites and yourself. 

If that's what you want, I'm all for it. Until the first conservative gets nailed like the Saudi national did to Glenn Beck. It'll happen with frequency and the right will be screaming about a law they brought on themself.

"...Pandora's box..."

That Pandora must be one hot chick; everyone keeps talking about her box!  

I was going to post on Vic's article yet it is now locked so posting it here.

Seems YAF has a lot of money behind it. I don't blame the college for settling (though we don't see what was addressed as far as new rules) as the organization has people like the Devos family and the Koch brothers behind it with a boatload of funds. They have enough cash to keep a lawsuit alive for years, straining the finances of the college.

Also the Heritage foundation pops up as well as the state policy network. Seems they are all intertwined.

YAF is an associate member of SPN. 

In December 2013,  The Guardian , in collaboration with  The Texas Observer   and the  Portland Press Herald , obtained, published and analyzed 40 grant proposals from SPN regular member organizations. The grant proposals sought funding through SPN from the  Searle Freedom Trust . According to  The Guardian , the proposals documented a coordinated strategy across 34 states, "a blueprint for the conservative agenda in 2014." The reports described the grant proposals in six states as suggesting campaigns designed to cut pay to state government employees; oppose public sector collective bargaining; reduce public sector services in  education  and  healthcare ; promote  school vouchers ; oppose efforts to combat  greenhouse gas  emissions; reduce or eliminate  income  and  sales taxes ; and study a proposed  block grant  reform to  Medicare .  en.wikipedia

So they are part of a group that has been known to want to reduce public education.

Seems Ann Coulter and Greg Gutfeld were members as one of their goals seems to be putting more conservative members into more prominent journalism jobs.

But , in talking to his students, there's a sense that the program is trying to help diversify, at least ideologically, some of the media organizations that have been accused of having a liberal bias. Wilbur "would love it if we all infiltrated MSNBC," one participant said with a smile.

If you ask Wilbur, his goal—and the one he has officially shared with his students—is to have an NJC grad lead   The New York Times . That might not be in the cards for a while, but student after student spoke highly of the experience, describing the education they received as old-school reporting training, not conservative messaging. (Guest speakers were a bit more ideological, some of the participants said.)

"I think that having a conservative voice in the media is very important," said Abbey Jaroma, 19, who interned at Catholic News Service this summer. "I think that a lot of media companies are liberal." She added, however, that she "doesn't hate liberals."

Seems YAF has a lot of money behind it. I don't blame the college for settling (though we don't see what was addressed as far as new rules) as the organization has people like the Devos family and the Koch brothers behind it with a boatload of funds. They have enough cash to keep a lawsuit alive for years, straining the finances of the college.

That would have to be some court case:

"among its various revenue streams, such as federal and state grants, the campus’s largest and most stable contributions come in the form of endowments, currently valued at $4.3 billion."
http://ww w.dailycal.org/2018/05/08/generous-gifts-uc-berkeleys-endowment-fund/

I would like to get you on record. Are you agreeing with UC Berkeley - that they really didn't discriminate?


(BTW I closed my article because I discovered that this one already existed)

 I tried to post twice and it said cannot be posted. I thought something was wrong on my end. Finally refreshed the page and read what you and SP said.  haha

To be honest, I don't think any pundits should be speaking on a campus. They should stop all of them, no matter the political stripe. It is supposed to be an institution of higher learning, not a political rally. Make them hold such events off campus.

To be honest, I don't think any pundits should be speaking on a campus

Interesting...You should have seen it during the late 60's.

Does that mean you won't be answering my question?

I know. They have always been political. Doesn't mean they should be. If I was paying to go there and learn, I wouldn't want all of the distractions. But that is just me.

As for your question, it is not a simple yes or no Q&A. Did they charge conservative speakers more? Yes. Did they intentionally stop conservative speakers? I would say no.

I appreciate the answer. 

It seems the standard on the left to shut down all political speech at institutions of higher education if hearing their own point of view means have to tolerate the other side speaking too.  To them no speech is preferred to giving an opposing view any voice at all.